Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 132
132 (1) It has a Divine power and blessing whose sublimity and grandeur clearly point to the Divine origin of the word though there may be no other argument, and which so completely over- power the receptacle of the revelation that even if he were thrown into fire or were. about to be struck with lightning, he would never say that his revelation is a satanic suggestion, or of a doubtful origin. On the contrary, his soul is full of the conviction that it is the certain Word of God. (2) It has in it a supernatural majesty. (3) It comes with a force and a loudness. (4) It has a heavenly bliss in it. (5) It often takes the form of question and answer. A man puts a question and receives an answer from God, and this pro- cess is repeated several times. During the time that the answer is communicated to him, he is under the influence of a sort of slumber. But the mere utterance of certain words in a state of slumber, is no evidence of their Divine origin. (6) It sorneties comes in languages quite unknown' to the person to whom it is revealed. (7) It has a heavenly magnetism, which at first exercises its influence upon the inspired one so as to make him dissever all connections, and then gradually begins to work upon capable hearts and draws a whole world to him. . (8) It delivers a man from errors and all erroneous beliefs, and acts in the capacity of a judge. It does not contradict the Holy Quran. . . (9) The prophecy which it contains is true in itself and must be fulfilled though there may be an error in under- standing it. (10) It makes a man improve in righteousness and morals, alienate his heart from the world and hate sin.